Mermaid in Marshall

Amy the Mermaid in Marshall

Since Thanksgiving we’ve had a house guest. Well really, it’s more like we’ve extended our pack because Amy is not a guest, she’s family. Amy is my high school friend who is always on one adventure or another. Her latest adventure has brought her, and her dog Che, back to the lower 48 from Kodiak, Alaska. She stayed with us for a month, but is currently renting a room in Marshall, NC in one of the oldest (if not oldest) homes in Madison County. I’ll try to get some pictures posted so you can truly appreciate the house…it’s amazing. So is Marshall, so much so that Amber and I now want to move there. Our happiest of happy outcomes would be to rent the house Amy is currently living in with Amy. We’re trying not to get our hopes up, but there is an actual possibility of that happening. Keep your fingers crossed for all of us as we try to figure out where we're supposed to be and what the hell we're supposed to be doing!

I know the posts are short, but I warned you in the beginning...I hate to write.

House in Downtown Marshall, NC

Che and RJ

Catching Up

Even though it’s only been five months since my last post, it seems like an eternity. Let’s just say there’s been a lot of school, a lot of moving, and a lot of snow. Amber and I have successfully relocated to Asheville. I have spent the past three months in SW Virginia, coming home on the weekends when possible. Being away from home 80% of the time is challenging, but I feel very fortunate to have found my way to such a great place for my education and development as a family practice physician.

I’m over half way through my 3^rd year in medical school. Sometimes it feel as if I will be in school forever, other times I can’t believe I’m already in the hospitals learning and practicing medicine. It seems like yesterday I was taking my first biology class at the University of Louisville, but it’s been five years!

Amber starts at UNCA on Monday. She is anxious to finish her undergraduate education. Her plan is to continue with a Master’s Degree at Western North Carolina in History with a focus on Cherokee History and Public History. She’s so freakin’ smart it wears me out. I know she is bound for great things.

I’ll be back tonight or tomorrow with the five month update - part two.